SWIMMING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 173, 9 December 1912, Page 5

SWIMMING.

THE AUSTRALIAN VISITORS,

By Telegraph-Prc.ss Association.

Wellington, Last Night. With a fine sun overhead, Saturday seemed to the general public to partake ot the nature of a summer day, but a touch of a boisterous northerly made the harbor waters a bit choppy at Te Aro baths. the outer unrest did not affect the water, and a largo crowd attended the swimming carnival, to see the 'crack Australians at work for a couple of hours. The popular taste for enjoyment was well catered for, though perhaps the most delightful item was one that did not figure on the programme. The Mission Band provided the music., being accommodated on a special stand, on to which some spectators crowded. Presently the extm weight proved too,mueh, the stand coi lapsed, and with it went the band, instruments and spectators into the water. Some interesting racing was seen during the afternoon. The following arc the results:—

50yds handicap: Cookson, 4sec, 1; Murrell. Usee., 2; Francis, Ssec, 3. Time, 27sec. Solomons, from scratch, was onlytwo yards off the winner, his time bein'" given as 27scc. °

100 yds handicap: Brice. usee, 1; Crowther, 13sec. 2- Solomons, scr., 3. Won by inches, Solomons coming fast. 200 yds. teams race: Manly Club (L. Solomons, 11. Hay, S. Ridding'ton'and A. M. Tartakover), 1; Wellington Club (Crowther, Murrell. McCarlie and O'Neill), 2; Worser Bay Club (Carmichael, Wilton, Silver and Blick), 3. Six other teams competed. Won by a yard, the same distance separating second and third. Time, lmin. 55 3-ssec.

Ridding, the Australian, won the high dive.